The stats within the streak

With Martin tipped to win by a large margin come Brownlow night in September, it's worth looking at some of the most dominant seasons by an individual player.

Fellow Tiger Roy Wright won the 1954 Brownlow Medal by a whopping 10 votes, the most lop-sided win of all time.

That record margin is also well within Dusty's reach. According to the AFL.com.au Brownlow Predictor, he is already nine votes ahead of Dangerfield. Giant young gun Josh Kelly is even further back, trailing Martin by 12 with 21 predicted votes.

Wright was known as the "gentle giant", although by today's standards the ruckman would be considered a midfielder as he stood just one centimetre taller than Martin.

Hardwick has in fact struggled against both Scott twins, with North Melbourne's Brad holding a 7-3 record over him. Fremantle and formerly St Kilda's Ross Lyon also has the wood on Hardwick, winning eight matches to three.

Elsewhere in coach head-to-heads, one of the more intriguing clashes is between Hawthorn's Alastair Clarkson and Lyon. Both have coached dominant teams in the past decade, but Clarkson leads Lyon 11 wins to four, with one draw.

Clarkson also has good coaching records over Nathan Buckley (6-1) and Brad Scott (7-2).

In the battle of the Johns, John Worsfold (West Coast / Essendon) is yet to taste victory against a John Longmire-led team, losing all five meetings.